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Retirement benefits

4.

Question 17.

present situation

Does your company have a retirement benefits scheme or

gratuity scheme for the employees?

(1) Has

-

(Continue) (2) Has not

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(Jump to Q.22)

Findings:

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78.2% of the employers (N 450) did not provide retirement

benefits, while 21.8% provided retirement benefits scheme. (Table 10033)

Question 18. Are all the employees entitled to join such scheme?

Findings:

(1) All (Jump to Q.20) (2) Only some

Of the companies (N = 98) which provided retirement benefits,

52% offered such benefits to all their employees, while 48% offered such

benefits only to some of their employees. (Table 10034)

Question 19.

Findings:

Which types of employees are entitled? (Prompt)

(1) Employees earning above $2,000 salary p.m.

(2) Employees earning below $2,000 salary p.m.

(3) Daily-rated workers.

(4) Piece-rated workers.

(5) Others.

Of the 47 employers who provided retirement benefits to some 48.9%

of them provided it for the employees earning above $2,000 per month (Table 10035).

44.7% of them provided it for the employees earning below $2,000 per month

(Table 10036), 8.5% of them provided it for daily-rated workers (Table 10037),

2.1% of them provided it for piece-rated workers, and 48.9% for others. (Table 10038-9)

Question 20. For how long they have to serve before they can join such scheme?

(1)

Findings:

years

months

(2) Not fixed

For companies offering retirement benefits, the observed

numbers were too few for meaningful interpretation.

(Table 10147)